Let it burn

As David cough blood,Hades listen to his system(a.k.a Great Sage)while look at the dead trees.

<Okay,I'll explain your vampire skills first,since there really isnt much you get from it.>

"if its the vampire one,just expain the household first.I quite understand charm already and regen was something i already have.It just made it go to max,but its not really a new skill."

<Sure,[Household] as the name suggest,it stores your 'familiars',Vampires usually tame beasts.Your familiars wont die unless you die,so they would at least not let you die.>

<The thing is,you cant really control them,so if you'll get a familiar,do it right.>

<The other two skills are charm and regeneration,[Regeneration] is something you already know so skip.Next is [Charm],it's a type of an influence skill,your not entirely in control,but it's still useful.>

<Thats it for your vampire skills,next will be demon and demon lord skills.>

In a way,the only thing Hades was really concern about was his demon related skills.

Hades knew [Demon Summoning] would technically summon demons,the question is,can he control them?He didn't want to take the risk.

It was also possible that it opens a portal to wherever those demons came from,he didnt want to see some demon god so soon.

They might not appear,but they might also show up and he's not so confident that he was fast enough to out run them.

<For your demon skills you have;[Darkness],[Hellfire],and [FLY].I'll explain each one of them in this order got it?>

<First off;Darkness,demonic beings such as lesser demons and above rank can use this skill.Every demon has this power within,but they are just to numb to feel it or they're just dumb to use it.>

<Darkness,in a way,is an all-purpose cream,you can apply it in many ways.You can cover your body with it,increasing your defense and resistance.>

".....purpose....cream..?"

<If you cover yourself with darkness,it can also be used as a cloth or armor.It's really awkward to fight naked so it's really useful.>

<Darkness could also be used to enchant other skills,for example;[Lightning]+[Darkness]=[Black Lightning].You get it?>

"..Yeah,it really is an all-purpose.....it's really useful."

<Yup,it just depends on how you use it,Next!>

<..uhh....>

There was a few seconds of silence before sylvie decided to speak again.

<..what's the next one...?>

'...great sage my ass..'Hades thought.

"..it's hellfire."

<Oh!..Yeah,i forget about that...>

"woah~!how smart!as expected,truly,what a sage..."

<..Ahem-!Hellfire is an exclusive skill usually used by devils which were the jail keepers in the underworld.>

As the system is used to how Hades act,she just ignored Hades and continue to explain his skills.Base on her experience,it was the best course of action.

<Unlike the Angel's holyflame which cleanse 'EVIL',Hellfire cleanse sins.Those demons that the devils finds as sinners will go straight to there prison cell.>

<In the prison under the rule of the devils,hellfire will burn them until there sins were cleansed.>

<If they manage to survive,they would at least be able to use hellfire.The amount that they can use depends though.>

<Be careful when using it,you haven't been cleanse of your sins.It will technically burn you if those flame touch your skin.Whether you survive or not was a different matter.>

Hades now feels like he made the right decision to ask the system for explaination of the skills.If not,he could have accidentally killed himself if he tested the hellfire without knowing what it was.

(..yeah,I shouldn't really play with that kind of fire,I'm sure it wont leave me with just a few burns.)

<Well,that's it for hell fire,I think it would be useful in your current quest.This place itself was cursed,so sins should have accumulated here.It's only waiting for someone to burn it,you get what i mean?>

Hades now has a good idea how to complete the quest he just recieved.There were cases when trees catches fire,it cause a disaster known as 'Wildfire',an uncontrolled fire that usually burns a whole forest.

It's considered as a natural disaster,now,what if this disaster just so happens to burn this valley?

The only difference is that,the forest was cursed and the fire he'll use would be different from the usual.Unlike normal fire,the fire that he'll use was truly natural,just in hell that is.

<Lastly;Fly.You already tested this out didn't you?>

"..yeah..."He said.

<You see,to use this skill you dont need to jump while shouting [FLY].The main reason why you fail was simply because your doing it the wrong way.>

Hades tried to fly the first time he got the skill to do so.The problem was it didn't work,no matter how much he tried he just couldn't do it.

With all his attempts going down the drain,he had no other choice and was forced to do it the old fashioned way.The end result was he added jumps while shouting fly,which didnt really helped.

On the contrary,it just makes his image weirder in Ellie's mind.

<Remember when i said darkness is like an all-purpose cream?The thing is,to fly you need wings.It doesnt really need to be a pair,you at least need a single wing to fly.>

"..how am i suppose to fly with a single wing...?"

<Well,your not really going to use it,in a way,its just for show.You wont be flapping it like a bird,It's not a real wing and more of a figurine.>

"..then why even bother make one?and how could it help me fly when its not really working....?"

<Ehee~the thing is,at the time of the old Gods,the Gods finds it strange for being without wings to be able to fly.>

When Hades heard this,he knew it was the god again who's in fault for all this.

'..why do they keep making troubles for me..?'

It was a God that summoned him and technically cause his death.

He could also guess that the meteor that should've hit him was caused by some God as well.

<..and because they found it weird for wing-less beings to fly,they apply the rule that all being that wishes to fly must have wings.>

"Their that dumb..?"

<..yes.>

"Well,its probably a God who made you so i really shouldn't expect anything."

<..why am i suddenly at fault here?..and you bastard,what are you trying to say..?what?Im stupid?You got a death wish or something..?>

"..oh!i should try my skills now,lets talk later okay?"

<You..!>

'hmm,it seems like she got a bad temper.'He thought.

As Hades still has Ellie on his back,he summoned his two generals and made one of them carry Ellie while the other stay on guard.He also summoned 60 shadow soldiers to guard them just to be safe.

With no luggage on his back,he made wings made of darkness to fly as his system said.His back grew black wings with feathers which he didnt expect.

'i thought it would be a dragon or bat wings,well whatever.'

Hades then flew up and looked down the valley and as expected,he couldn't see clearly.When he looked at the trees,his vision gets blurry.

As he could do nothing about it,he just looked at his wings.

He didnt really look like a demon,but more of an angle with black wings.

<..there are two types of angles which have black wings,fallen angle or an angle of death.You shouldn't use your wings in public,it would cause you trouble.>

"Sure,but for now,lets finish this quest,lets test this out shall we?[Hellfire]."

A pure white flame appears on his palm,it looks harmless,but he felt as if it was the hottest thing in the world.

<Hellfire does not really emit any type of heat,you only fell that way because you have sins.It means your a bad boy!>

"Good to know,but it doesnt really matter,i dont plan to burn myself but the tree right there."

<tch!>

Soon,more white flames appeared around Hades until it covered the whole sky.

"..ha...i didnt expect it to consume so much mana.."

He then looked down at the valley and threw the flame on his hand as the others follow.

As the white flame touches the black trees,the tree let out a cry as it started shaking.

"..what the hell?!"

KWOOOOOO! KWOOOOO!

The trees all around him cried as they were hit by the white flame while they unroot from the ground.

<I told you this valley is cursed right?>

"..god dammit..."

Ellie once told him an army vanish in thin air without anyone knowing why,but now he knows.If all the trees around him was abnormal,its more than possible.

GROOOOOOOOOOOO~!

A tree three times the size of the others started to move as well.It has vines with spikes,its branches turns into arms.holes appears at its trunk to be its eyes and mouth.

"this is..."

The giant tree opened its mouth and a beam of light shot out.

"..such a waste."